Harvest in India

India is beautiful. On the way to the village of Phasiduwa, about an hour away from Siliguri, we passed many rice fields, lots of bamboos, and tea gardens. We passed the border of Bangladesh the three days we did ministry in Phasiduwa as well.

The villagers are very religious. They just concluded a festival where

they worshipped their gods.

They erected a place for the gods they made and when were finished, they threw their handiwork under this bridge. They also dismantled the temple made of fabric after a few days.

Just a few feet from the bridge where the Hindu gods were thrown is a building that we were authorized to use for the medical clinic. Pictured above is some of the team members that was going door to door on the first day of ministry.

Ministry Partners

I thank God every time I remember co-laborers such prayer warriors, joyful givers, those who give sacrificially, as well as those who were just so supportive and give encouragement.

It is humbling to raise support, and it is amazing how God provides:
* there was a Buddhist who gave towards the trip to Sudan;
* Frank Ball single-handedly provided used and new study bibles to the lay leaders and students in Sudan;
*a couple of my favorite missionaries, Dan and Beth Long, recently tithed from Dan’s grandmother’s estate to support my trip to India. It was a jaw-dropping, filled-with-awe moment when he told me, “It is a JOY to give.”

Kajo Keji, Sudan April 16 – May 5, 2007 Team Praise Report

Dear Prayer Warriors,

If you take a minute and look up 2 Chronicles 20 you will find that King Jehoshaphat was facing an overwhelming Army and he prayed. God told him to send the worshippers out in front of the army and as they sang God decimated the enemy. Your prayers for our Sudan outreach in like fashion broke down the strongholds of the enemy and set many captives free. God did immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine. Over 3040 people heard the gospel and at least 461 responded that they wanted to repent from their sins and trust Jesus with their lives. During the week we followed up the new believers in their homes. Each day we had Bible Studies. Overall, we saw 3 new churches started and one church strengthened.

Each day we drove across the Uganda-Sudan border and shared the love of Christ in 4 villages. We shared his love by our presence, by our smiles, by the medical & eye clinics and by His Word.

265 Sudanese were fitted with eye glasses. It was a joy to see the expression on their faces when they realized they could see. The people of Sudan are quite needy and very grateful for what is shared. By mid-week, Martin, one of the church members, was equipped to continue the eye glass ministry.

We were able to treat 720 men, women and children through our medical clinics. We held a special children's program each day at the clinic site. Over 1,000 children participated. The kids were so precious and hungry for attention. They loved the games and hearing about Jesus!

Again, we want to say a great big thank you for your prayers and support that made this mission possible. Right now the angels in heaven are having quite a party over all that God did in bringing so many to faith in Christ. Please continue to pray for our Sudanese brothers and sisters who are now doing the follow up and discipleship of these precious new believers. This discipleship is the hardest part of the whole mission. Take care and God bless!

Perhaps God would have you join us on an e3 Mission trip somewhere in the world. We invite you to join us as we return to Sudan next Spring. If you’re interested please check the opportunities at www.e3partners.org.

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Sudan Report

Bait. Every fisherman uses it. It was no different for the fishers of men in Uganda and Sudan. I liked being bait for the sake of the gospel. The picture to the left is my teammate Jim with the evangelists from Sudan and Uganda.

A lot of planning, training, and praying took place prior to the medical and evangelism teams coming to Sudan. The medical and evangelism teams (21 members from the US- TX, NJ, CA, CO), were teamed up with translators and pastors from Uganda and 48 Sudanese believers. The US team was used as "bait" to reel in the people of four Kajo Keji villages. God used people regardless of denomination (some from Pentecostal, Baptist, and Protestant churches), and what was beautiful to see was the love of Christ in Christian brothers from Kenya, Uganda and Sudan working together to share the message of God's love.

I was in the evangelism team. We had two people from the US to a village, four villages in all. I was teamed up with Jim West of San Clemente, CA. He is involved in three parachurch ministries, one of which is the pocket testaments. He had a few boxes of the gospel of John to distribute.

Our village was Pamoju, and we had the medical team visit our village first on Monday. We were greeted immediately by at least 60 kids and patients already in line. By the time the medical team was set up, there were about 300 kids! The children copied our action songs, and they also sang in their language and in English for us. When our translators arrived we did the story of Creation and then shared the gospel using the EvangeCube and a gospel ball - a soccer ball with the same colors used in the wordless book.

Thank you for praying that God would prepare the way for us. Our time in Sudan was filled with wonderful stories from each village of God doing miraculous deeds. There were 150 professions of faith in Pamoju. Please remember Pastor Isaac Asiki, as he moves to Pamoju to pastor the Liberty Baptist Church of Pamoju.

Letters From Paphos: February Sudan Trip Part I

Letters From Paphos: February Sudan Trip Part I